Ironing-machine.



A. HAMMER. Amomma MAGHINB. APPLICATION FILED DEQ. 8, 1911.

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IRONING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED DEU. 8, 1911.

Patented July 16, 1912.

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y A. HAMMER. IRON'ING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEQ. 8, 1,911 i LSQS. Patented July 1-6, 1912,

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ARTHUR HAMMER, OF BERLIN'7 GERMANY.

IRONING-MACHINE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1912.

Application filed December 8, 1911. Serial No. 664,645.

To all lll/wm, l' may concern.'

Be it known that I, ARTHUR llannnll, a subject of the Gerllnln .Empel-or, residing at .Berlin`v lernlany, have invented new and useful lInlprovelnents in Ironing-Machines, ot' which the :following is a, specilieation.

This invention relates to an ironing lnachine, especially adapted for the handling` oli' shirts` said ironing ll'lachine hcing provided with all oseillatoij7 smoothing iron .supported hy an overhanging arm, and with an ironing iahle capahlc of heilig yraised and lowered and .lllovahly positioned in a horizontal plane helow the smoothingl iron.

The present,- invelltion has Vfor object an improved lllachille o't the alllffe type in y wlliell ille lieeiproeation of the ironing taille s el'eeief'l automatically so that thisl not lleonsldefahle task oi ille attendantis olll iiaied alld the work ot the lllaelline tacilitated.' in this respect; ii; is necessary that. eolllpleiecontrol ol' ille lllovelnellts of hoth ironing table and iron should he retained so ihat the lnaellineattendant can exercise the high aeeurac'v required pali'licula-rly in the ironing ol' dress shirts alld illeI like.

My invention consists ill an improved iro'llilrL` lllacllille oi ille type relerred to ill wlliell ille up and dowll nloiion ot ille sirolling iallle required io olltain ille lle- Fired contact pressure during the reciproraiioll ol' ille slnooillillg iron is olliailled hy lllealls ol` all eeeellirie acting on ille iallle wlliell eeeellil'ie ean llc' coupled as desired io ille lllaill driving shaft olf ilu` lllaellille. Driving lllecllanil-lln is also provided t'oll ille iron. which laiier luecllallisln can lu.' separately eoupled and uneoupled. The couplings l'or i-lle iroll alld l'or ille iahle eall lle aeiuaied separaiely or together l'rolll a eolllllloll pedal.

lllrillel' l'eatllre ol' nl v illvelliioll lies ill ille special lllallllerol'dlirillgilleslllooillingI iron ellalllillgI this latter io lle ai` resi lol :l .short interval al. each end ol' ils stroke. 'l`llis arrallgclelllelli, ill eolljlllleiioll with ille coupling` devil-es rel'errel'l io provide ille illeeessaly eollirol ot' all ille lllovclllellis, particularly the exact. eoillcidenee olr ille uplllost position ol' the ironing iallle with ille oullllost position olI the iron', necessary to olliain il'l'elll'oaehallle ironing` lleall ille neck hand ol i-lle. shirt.

l lfurillel' l'eaiures ol' ille illlproved ironingl nlacllille will he, llereillal'ier desel'illed. alnl -peirlted out ill the claims;

One constructional fol-ln oi Illy invention is given lly way of exalnple in the aecompanying drawings, in which- Figure l shows the improved ironing 1nachille in lnedial sectional elevation, liig. 2 is an end view of ille n'lachine7 Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the part. of the machine containing the guides for the ironingI tallle` and showing thc eccentric shaft, Fig. i shows ill detail the coupling device ior engaging and disellgaging the driving n'lechanlsln for the ironing table and smoothingiron. i

The machine consists essentially of. a Alralne l, a smoothing iron 2, all ironing iahle il and driving mechanism for the iron-A ing iahle and for the smoothing iron. The machine is driven lrolll a helt pulley 4 mounted on a shaft l journaled ill ille lower part of ille nlaehille 'tl-aule. From this shaft the drive is transmitted through gear wheels il, 7 and a eluich 8 to a erallk il. The erank pill l() engagesiu a slot. ill avroeking level' il iulerunled on the lllachine irallle at l2 the llpper elld ol wllieh lever is conlleeied hy llleans ot a slot guide witll a lever arnl il olla sllat't lil. l`lle sllal't 13 which is journalell ill ille llpper horizontal part of ille lllaehiue trallle` earl-ies near ille 'l'lont elld two arnls 115 lorlning a fork` wllicll arlllsl when ille clllteh 8 is ill its posit-ion of ellgagelllent`r execute all oscillating lllotioll within ille, downwardly projecting head 'lil ol ille lllaehine ll'allle. rl`he arllls of ille iorllr l5 elllllraee wiill soule. clearance a transverse rod Il' which isarrangedlleiweell ille slidingl supfpol-ts IS t'or the slllooilling iron 2 ill such a lllallller that the sllloo-thing il'oll which is driven hy the oscillations oi ille l'ork, oll reversal ot' the lllotioll olthe 'laiiel' remains ill ille extrellle, posiiioll for :l perlod wlllell depends on ille distance apart oll ihe tol-k lilllhs.

'lhe slllooillillg iron L), which is heated ill ille usual nlllllner internally hy means ot' a siealll pipe, works illlV-shaped guideways ill ille downwardly poilliing head lil otI the ulaellille. l'lallle. The. iron is provided on iisl t'l-oni side wiill a sellli-eil-elllar recess ill order lo leave a space Vl'or ille neek' llallll ol ille shirt lleillg il'olled.

'llle ironing ial'lle, consists of a top plaie 2i) wlliell is llloulliell oll ille iahle support 2l, ill gllidewa'vs 2) transverse lo ille -dil'eclion oll llloiioll olE ille slllooillillg irony` so lllat ille iallle can lle convenient-ly lnoved l'orward i' scribed. The roller 26 is not .mounted tric 25.

directly on thetable support 21 but on a slide27 ided vertically on the inner side of the ta e support (see Fig. On the upper end of this slide isrotatably mounted a screwed rod 28 .which is provided with a hand wheel 29 and screws into a threaded opening in the table support. At the height of the hand wheel 29 a hole 30 is provided in the front wall ofthe table support- 21, through which the hand wheel can be reached. By turning the hand wheel the distance of the roller 26 from t-he top of the ironing table, and thus the maximum height of the stroke of the table during its reciprocat-ion in the vertical, can be adjusted with great accuracy.

The member 23 above mentioned has on its front wall the guideway for the table support 21, and consists as is shown in Figs. 1 and 3 in a box shaped casting open at the top and front and formed at its lower part as a bearing 31 for the hub 32 of the eccen- The eccentric drive is completely inclosed by the side walls of this projecting part of the frame and the front wall and -top of the table support 21, so that any soiling of the clothes by contact with the drive ing parts is impossible. The same care is taken with the other working parts of the machine, which up to the pedals for actuat ing the couplings are completely-inolosed within the hollow machine frame: The eccentric 25 is mounted with its hub 32 loose on the shaft 5 and can be coupled to this shaft by engagement of a coupling,mounted on the same shaft', which coupling is controlled by the pedal situated farthest to the right. The pedal 33 consists of a lever pivoted at the end on a rod 34 and 'connected b a link 35 with an arm 36 mounted on a spindle 36 journaled in the right hand side wall -of the frame projection 23. ()n the free end of this` spindle is fixed a second arm 37 inclined backward which presses from below against thc horizontal arms of two bell crank levers 33. 3S, pivoted laterallyl on the projection 23. 'llie other arms of these bell crank levers are each connected to rods 39 guided in horizontal direetion traum yersely to the shaft 5. ,lhese rods are ipro-t vided at their inner ends with headsl 4Q which arc pressed against the coupling member 42 connected to the hub 32, by. means of springs 41 (Figs. 1 and 4). The inner faces of the heads 40 are as shown in- Fig. 2 formed to fit symmetricallythe cyli1-V drie coupling member- 42, while their front faces constitute graduallyrising and then descending cam surfaces, as `shown in Figs. 1 and 4.

^ In the illustrated positionfof the parts a bolt 43 is pressed by a spring 44 into a recess 45'of the toothed wheel keyed on the shaft 5, which couples the couplingl member 42 containing the bolt 43, and thereby the eccentric 25 to the shaft 5. When this-latter rotates the inclined head 46" 'of the bolt 43 comes in contact with the nearest of the two cam surfaces 40 and is thereby lifted outof the recess 45. As soon as'the connection is released the eccentric comes to rest and the bolt 43 is held by the cam in its withdrawn position. When engagement is again to Ybe effected the pedal 33 is actuated whereupon the head 40 is withdrawn from the coupling member through the agency of the transmission rods 35, 36, 37 and bell crank lever38, and the nose of the bolt 43 released. The

bolt is then pressed by means of the springV 44 against the boss of the toothed wheel 6 until it registers with the recess 45 and on a shaft 44 journaled transversely in the.

machine frame. On this shaft is mounted an arm' 45 which is connected by a link 46 with a double armed pedal lever 4( which rocks on the rod 34. Lever 47 projects like lever from the front ofthe frame structure 23 of the machine and is here provided with a pedal 48.' A third pedall 39 is mounted between pedals 48 and 33, said third pedal being also capable of swinging on the axle 34. The lever of this pedal is one armed and is provided with a transverse rod 50 (Fig. 4), said rod projecting over the arms of the pedals 33 and 48 in front of the axle 34, so that on pressing down the middle pedal the side pedals are also de pressed and both couplings simultaneously brought into engagement.

The' machine works in the following manner. Before. the beginning of the ironing all the pedals are in the position of rest, and both couplings are disengaged, while the,` driving shaft A5 is in rotation. The ironing is not. eltected directly on the table l i i n but. on an ironing board covered with `tele is so adjusted relatively to the table Sup-v port Q1 by turning the hand wheel 29, that the, exact pressure desired is obtained when the ironing table is in its highest position.

ner over the hacking and laid upon theii'oiiing table which yis pulled outalongitsguides -for this purpose. The table with the haeking is then pushed back and the ironing can begin. lFor this purpose by depressing the pedal 33 the eoupling for the eeeei-itric is first hrouglit into engagen'ient. The table immediately rises and presses the hacking` and the shirt to he iroued againstl the bot'- tom ot' the iron il. By re'ieasing the pedal 232i and disengagiug the coupling the iron ing talile ean he kept in its highest position and by depressing the pedal vIS the drive tor thel iron brought into aetion. The .iron then performs the usual reeiproeating ironing motion with the required pressure obtained by having the Vironing table in its raised position. WhenI the front otl a dress' shirt or the like is to he ironed. the ironing motion should takeI place in one diret-tion only, away from the neek hand, while in the reverse stroke o't' the iron the latter should he out. of eontaet with the shirt front in order that ereases may he avoided. 'l`o enablethis operation to he etl'eeted, atter the ironing hoard with the shirt attached thereon has been so t'ar displaeed on the table that the, neek hand reeess ot' the iron just reaehes the ueek hand ot" the shirt when the iron is in tarthest out position,

the eoupling artuated from the pedal 33 isA engaged and the eet-entries set in continual motion so that the ironing talile performs an up and down rtwiproeation s vnehronously with the motion ot' the iron. it is `to be noted that the `eurved surlare ot the eeeentrie, as shown in Fig. l is of eonstant radius on one, halt ot its periphery so thatv tilie highest position ot' the ironingl table is retained during a haltI rotation ot' the sha t't and thus during about a t`ull stroke ot the iron. ln eonneetion therewith eonsideration should he given to the t'aet that the gear wheels t3 and T are ol au equal diametei' and vhave an equal speed ot' rotation. and.that. as the arms of the t'ork li'i are sep arated the swinging movemtait thereot' whieh eauses the oseillatory movement ot. the smoothing iron, is not. iliade use ot' to its t'ullest extent.

()n ironing' ordinary artieles. the eet-ein tritl as already explained is brought out ol' aetion alter the ironing table has attained its highest'. position and is idle during the ironing proeess, when the iron only reeipro- Cates. In pressing ironing on the other hand the iron is at restwhile the ironingr table along with the article thereon is pressed against the iron by coupling up the eeeentrie. In this manner all the diti'erent kinds, ot' ironing `an he carried ont by power in the maehine. the attendant having only to eontrol the ditferent couplings.

`I-Iaving now particularly Vdescribed and ascertained the nature ot my said invention and in what manner the saine is to be performed, I deelare that what. I elaini isrw 1. An ironing maehine comprising a machine traine, a rigid arinprojecting from said machine frame and having an overhanging head` an iron Capable of being re eiproeated in guide-ways of said head, an irt'ining` table mounted on a support capable ot being moved up and down in a guideway of said machine frame and means for aetuating'said iron and said ironing table troni a common drive. p

2. .'\n ironing maehine comprising a maehine, frame, a rigid arm projeeting from said maehine frame and having an overhanging head, an iron eapable otbeing .reeiproeated in guide-ways ot said head` an ironing table mounted on a .support capable ot being moved upv and down in a guideway ot said maehiu'e trame, means tor re eiproeating said iron and means for moving up and down said ironing table, a eomnion 3. An ironing maehino comprising a maltlO ehine trame` a rigid arm projecting from said maehine t'rame and having an overhanging head. an iron capable. of being reeiproeated in guide-ways ot' said head, an ironing talile mounted on a support capable ot" Ibeing moved up and' down in a guideway otsaid maehine trame` means for reciproeating said iron and means t'or moving np and down said ironing table` said latter means eonsisting ot an eretait'rio engaging a roller arranged on the support for said ironing table and heilig adjustable rilatively to said table. a driving shaft, both of saidmeans being capable ot' being eoupled and uneoupled atJ will to said common driving shal't. l

t. .\n ironing machine comprising a maehine frame. a. rigid arm projeeting'froni said maehine. frame and having an overhanging head, an iron eapahle of bein reeiproeated in'guide-ways of said heat, an ironing table mounted on a support eapahle ot' being moved up and down in a guideway ot said maehine frame. means for aetnating said iron and Said ironing table from a eomuioindriving shat't, eouplings 'for Connertiug` and diseonneeting said means to or t'rotn said' driving sha t't. and means for acini tuating said couplings as Well separately as together.

l 5. An 'ironing machineomprising a inachine frame, Va rigid arm projecting from said machine frame and having an overi hanging head, an iron capable of being reciprocated in' guidelivays of said head, an ironing table mounted on a support capable of being moved up and down in a guide- Way of said machine frame, means for reciprocating said iron and means for moving up and down said ironing table, a common driving shaft for said means, said reciprocating means comprising an oscillating forked member actuated from the driving shaft and a projection on said iron, the limbs of said forked member loosely embracing said projection.

6. An ironing machine comprising a machine frame, a.A rigid arm projecting from said machine frame .and having an overhanging head, an iron capable of being reciprocated in guide-Ways of said head, an ironing table mounted on a support capable of being moved up and down in a guideivay of said machine frame, means for rcciprocating said iron and means for moving up and doivn said ironing table, a coni'- -mon driving shaft for said means, said reciprocating means vcomprising an oscillat-v fsaid machine' frame and having an overhanging head, an iron capable of being reciprocated in guide-ways of said liead.'.an ironing,r table mounted on a support cailiable ot' being moved up and down ina guide-Way of said machine frame, means for reciprocating said iron and ni aus for moving up 'and down said ironing talilc, a coinnioii driving shaft forsaid means, said reciprocating means comprising an oscillating forked men'iber actuated `t'roin the driving shaft a projection on said iron, the limbs of vsaid forked member loosely embracing said projection. the means for. moving up and down said, ii.'oning table comprising an ccoeiitricicngaging la roller arranged on the ysupportfor saidironinglable and being adi justable,relatively to said table, couplings f( ggand discoinwcting said means to or from said driving shaft and means for actuating said couplings as Well separately as together.

8. An ironing machine comprising a machine frame, a rigid arm projecting from said machine frame and having an overhanging head, an iron capable of being reciprocated in guide-Ways of said head, an ironing table mounted on a supporty capable of being moved up and down in a guide-Way of said machine frame, means for reciprocating said iron and means for moving-up and Vdown said ironing table 'said latter means comprising an eccentric engaging a roller arranged on the Asupport for said ironing table and being adjustable relatively' to said table, the curved face of said eccentric'having a constant radius on about one half of its periphery, a common driving shaft, both of said means being capable of being coupled and uncoupled at will to said common driving shaft. I 9. An ironing machine comprising a machine fraine, a rigid arm/ projecting from said machine frame and having an overlianging head, an iron capable of being i'eciprocated in guide-ways ot' said head, anl

ironingtable mounted on a support capable of being movedv up and down in a guide-Way of said machine frame and means for actuating said iron and said ironing table from a common drive, the support for said ironing table being in form of a bracket, a box shaped casting mounted at the front of said machine frame and inclosing said means for actuating the ironing table, said bracket projecting backward over said casting so as to entirely inclose said last named actuating means together with said casting.

10. An ironing machine comprising a machine frame, a rigid arm projecting from said machine frame and having an overhanging head, an iron capable of `being reciprocated in guide-Ways of said head, an ironing table mounted on a support capable of being moved up and doivn in a guide-way of said machine frame and means t'or actiiating said .iron and said ironing table from a common drivingshaft, the machine frame together with said rigid arm and said overhanging hcad'beiiig hollow, said first named actuatingr means being complete-ly inclose'd within said hollow machine frame.4

InA testimony whereof I have signed in v naine to this specification in the presence ot' two subscribing witnesses.

' ARTHUR llAlllMlllt. lVitnesses vlinnnv Haaren, VoLonimn llaini'r. 

